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Ben Bernanke and the Fed revealed a $600bn second round of quantitative easing in the US, while the senators at the heart of the country's sweeping regulatory reform were left to contemplate possible delays to Dodd-Frank in the wake of the mid-term elections. In the UK, Lloyds appointed a successor to Eric Daniels and Terry Smith spoke at length about his new fund management venture.

Hedge funds, retail banking and private equity are expected to get biggest bonus increases

HSBC executives warn UK and EU rules could drive it from London

Michael Geoghegan, HSBC's outgoing chief executive, said prospective employees fear the bank isn't in control of its own remuneration policies

Low-profile funds boutique makes a splash with appointments of big-name establishment figures

I'm a senior trader at a US hedge fund, I earn...

Base pay stays flat but a rise in year-end bonuses means total compensation for US hedge fund professionals is up again in 2010

HSBC Q3 profit slows, revenue down in 2010

HSBC said bad loans in the US continued to decline, despite a slowdown in the economic recovery in the quarter

Royal Bank of Scotland's wealth division suffers 34% fall in operating profits to £217m in the nine months to September

Uncertainty surrounding the outcome of European and US regulation is leading the industry to make unnecessary technology and infrastructure investments.

RBS third-quarter loss narrows as bad debt charges fall

UK bank says impairments continue to fall as it reports fall investment banking revenue

Top buyout exec sounds competition warning

One of the most senior executives at the UK buyout firm Terra Firma warns that there is too much competition for deals and that this will hit returns

Fund mandates of the week: BNP Paribas, Standard Life, NewFinance Capital

The award of €5bn's worth of mandates by the Danish state pension fund LD dominates this week's roundup

Comp ratio at RBS investment bank hits crisis highs

The bank suffered the same hit to sales and trading as many of its European peers but, unlike them, reported no rise in corporate finance revenues

EU turns up heat on credit ratings agencies

New rules will subject Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch to increased supervision

The French firm is aiming to become the number one provider of analysis on the UK's banking sector, where new regulation is creating increased demand for high-quality research

GAM closes China fund to protect stellar returns

The Swiss investment manager has taken the rare step of closing a top-performing fund because of fears its size could hit returns

Q&A with Mandy Mannix: global head of sales and marketing at CQS

The former global head of cap intro at Nomura tells Financial News about her greatest achievements and fears

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